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Slow Hedonism
Gentle fascination, soft vigilance, and the politics of feeling good
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sunrising
if the sun rises in the east and no one's around to attend it, does it still shine?
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The Pearl: on techniques for Scientific Animism
lunar meditations by guest author Meredith
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manifesting, prayer, possibility, chaos
what I suspect is actually happening, when we “manifest” a desire or when prayers are answered
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faith vs doubt vs reverence
finding a better dichotomy
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Teaching Nihilism in Sunday School, Part III: Pray like no one's listening
cultivating spiritual practice that withstands inevitable doubt
Teaching Nihilism in Sunday School, Part II: Nihilism via comics
Middle Schoolers can handle it. They got that darkness in them.
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Teaching Nihilism in Sunday School, Part I: Why am I teaching Sunday School?
not just "why chill with," but "why interested enough to go"
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on ghosts
uncertainty & its unsatisfying stopgaps
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(Re)Introducing Scientific Animism
Let's start with science. Do you believe that...
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Writing Prompt: Mining Your Multiverse
Let’s imagine our own paraselves in other branches of the multiverse. You can make this as weighty or as silly as you want. Some examples:
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Labyrinths are convergent cultural evolution. And some writing prompts (poeming toward acceptance; unprompted AIs).
We walked a labyrinth in December. It was fine!
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